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Hey there! I'm Misbah

SWE Resident at headstarter logoHeadstarter

I'm a 3rd Year Computer Engineering Student. I live and breathe programming.

I am also a
Full Stack Developer AI/ML Glazer Casual Day Trader Gym Bro Swimmer Matcha Enjoyer
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I’m a third-year Computer/Software Engineering student at University of Alberta, currently a SWE Resident at HeadstarterHeadstarter and an IntelIntel Student Ambassador. I’m passionate about building practical tools that solve real-world problems — from AI-powered systems to frontend experiences that feel alive. If it involves tech, I’m in.
I love working with languages like Python logo Python, Bash logo Bash, TypeScript logo TypeScript, JavaScript logo JavaScript, and C logo C/C++ logo C++. I enjoy crafting dynamic interfaces using HTML5 logo HTML and CSS3 logo CSS, and bringing them to life with React and Node.js. On the backend, I build fast APIs using FastAPI logo FastAPI and store data with PostgreSQL.

🔗 You can find my full skillset in my resume here.
When I’m not LOCKED IN, you’ll probably catch me at a cat café 🐱, rating every matcha latte I can find 🍵, registering for Hackathons I won't attend, lifting at the gym 🏋️‍♂️, or doomscrolling in my room doomscrolling logo.

My Work Experience

 Headstarter logo Headstarter

May 2025 - Present


SWE Resident

As a Software Engineering Resident at Headstarter, I’m building 14+ full-stack and AI/ML projects focused on deploying real-world tools. My work spans LLM chaining, hyperparameter tuning, and fine-tuning over 10+ models, all with production-ready pipelines. I’ve contributed to both Python-based backends and TypeScript frontends, and have been mentored by engineers from Google, Tesla, and Two Sigma.

FastAPILLMsXGBoostOpenAI API
 Intel logo Intel

May 2025 - Present


AI Student Ambassador

Leveraging Intel’s AI Analytics Toolkit and Developer Cloud to build, optimize, and deploy machine learning models. Focused on accelerating data workflows with tools like Modin, scikit-learn, and XGBoost, while fine-tuning models for performance and pushing production-ready pipelines to Hugging Face.

ModinscikitXGBoostIntel® Tiber™ AI StudioHugging Face
 AlbertaSAT logo AlbertaSAT

Oct. 2024 – Jan. 2025


Software Engineering Member

Built Rust-based subsystem simulations to test CubeSat behavior before hardware integration. Collaborated with engineers to validate systems for a 2026 satellite launch.

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 Computer Engineering Club, University of Alberta logo Computer Engineering Club, University of Alberta

Sep. 2024 – Present


VP External, Junior Executive (2024–25)

Currently serving as VP External, leading industry outreach, coordinating cross-club collaborations, and securing sponsorships for major events like Aether, HackED, and HackED Beta. Spearheading development of the Aether website (https://aether.compeclub.com/) and driving student-industry engagement through panels, networking nights, and hackathons. Previously served as Junior Executive for the 2024–25 term, representing second-year Computer Engineering students and leading outreach efforts that brought in multiple confirmed sponsors for the club’s flagship initiatives.

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My Projects

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This Website!

My very own portfolio website!

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CustomerCare Voice-AI

An intelligent system that powers automated customer service interactions through AI-driven conversations

OpenAISocket.io
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MediLink AI

AI-driven medical form automation system that extracts data from referral packages and fills Prior Authorization PDFs in under 2 minutes

Google Gemini APIPyMuPDFData-mappingMistral OCR
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PropComp AI

AI-powered property recommendation system for real estate appraisals

XGBoostSHAPStreamlitOpenAI APIFuzzyWuzzyGeopyPandasRegex
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ChatVid AI

Multimodal video assistant powered by Gemini — ever wish your video could answer back? Now it can

FastAPIGemini APIyoutube-transcript-apiOpenCV
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Tuesday.com

AI-powered project management platform built during HackED 2025

EJSAxiosdotenvTogetherAI
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Summarizely

Your Python-based AI sidekick: Gemini does the heavy lifting, then pushes polished summaries into Docs

StreamlitGoogle Gemini APIGoogle Docs API
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PlayMG

EMG-based gesture control interface using the Bioamp EXG Pill and Arduino. Maps forearm muscle contractions to keyboard actions with real-time signal processing and peak detection algorithms

C++ArduinoSignal ProcessingEMGMatplotlibScipy
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ShadowStrike

A fast-paced 2D action-platformer where players navigate dynamic levels, defeat AI-generated enemies, and overcome obstacles by jumping, sliding, and dashing

PygameOOPCollision DetectionCustom Level Editor
Check out my GitHub repositories!